Brooks Koepka is the all-time PGA Championship money leader. But this other PGA money milestone is even more mind-boggling

Before jumping to LIV Golf (and then making his return to the PGA Tour this season) Brooks Koepka was known as major championship maestro. Of his eight PGA Tour titles claimed prior to 2022, four were of the major variety. He then claimed a fifth at the 2023 PGA Championship while playing for LIV.

Not surprisingly, then, you’ll find that the bulk of Koepka’s career PGA Tour earnings has come at majors. All told, Koepka has made a little more than $45 million on course in PGA Tour events. Of that, $23.3 million has come specifically in golf’s big four events.

With Koepka having won the Wanamaker Trophy three times, it shouldn’t be surprising as well that Koepka is the all-time leading money earn in PGA Championship history. In 13 career starts in the event, the 36-year-old has made $9.456 million. By comparison, three-time PGA winner Tiger Woods is in second place, trailing Koepka by more than $2 million.

More interestingly, perhaps, is the fact that roughly 21 percent of Koepka’s PGA Tour career earnings have come in this one event. That’s by far the most of any of the leading PGA money winners.

See for yourself: Here’s the list of the all-time money winners in PGA Championship history and the percentage of their overall career PGA Tour earnings that has come from their performance in the PGA Championship. Only Bryson DeChambeua has seen more than 10 percent of his all-time PGA Tour career earnings coming in the PGA Championship.

Player, PGA earnings, Starts, % of total earnings

1: Brooks Koepka, $9,456,726, 13 starts, 20.97% 2: Tiger Woods, $7,354,862, 23, 6.08% 3: Phil Mickelson, $6,510,066, 32, 6.73% 4: Rory McIlroy, $6,349,228, 17, 5.52% 5: Scottie Scheffler, $6,152,768, 6, 5.59% 6: Justin Thomas, $5,672,581, 10, 7.87%7: Bryson DeChambeau, $4,636,217, 8, 12.53%8: Jason Day, $4,369,608, 16, 6.55%9: Xander Schauffele, $4,363,822, 9, 6.58%10: Justin Rose, $3,540,011, 23, 4.59%

The PGA of America hasn’t said what this year’s overall prize money payout will be, but last year’s total was $19 million with Scottie Scheffler earning $3.42 million for his win. Presuming that the PGA of America won’t reduce the overall number, that means that if Rory McIlroy or Scottie Scheffler were to win this week at Aronimink, they could pass Koepka (depending on how much he might earn).